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that is being lost in america. for an individual to tell people that she may have the answers. >> how does she differ from the establishment? >> she does not believe in the department of education from the federal government that should be at the state level. >> my name is thomas and i blog of the internet. and originally from california but i live in cincinnati ohio now. >> you were here very early this morning about 7:45 a.m.. what brought you here so early? >> wanted to scout out the area of the parking would be and if any lions had developed. there were not a lot of lyon -- long lines the system was not first-come but first serve rather than groups based on a lecture so it worked out pretty good you do not get back up and it works out pretty good. >> your shirt says conservatives 4019, we have your back governor. what does that mean? >> conservatives for palin.com at the defense serapeum against the media attacks and also supplies out columns related to politics. it was started by a gentleman named russo with a
that is being lost in america. for an individual to tell people that she may have the answers. >> how does she differ from the establishment? >> she does not believe in the department of education from the federal government that should be at the state level. >> my name is thomas and i blog of the internet. and originally from california but i live in cincinnati ohio now. >> you were here very early this morning about 7:45 a.m.. what brought you here so early? >>...
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here they are at their offices at one of the leading far this corporations of america's can bring in racing away from the police with literally bales of green bags and stock and you know they set up shop in what they called for taylor when over in new jersey, yes. the garden state welcome them and gave them a corporation in new jersey. so, to try to settle the matter jay gould literally went to albany with a suitcase full of cash and there are some hilarious figures from the new york state legislature. they could see both sides of the should depending-- how big the sued case was. [laughter] who ended finally, vanderbilt miraculously managed to pay back a lot of what he had lost but it is an incredible episode. >> kind of never forgive them for it although they were trying to contact big jim fisk through seances. >> one of my favorite examples of that, about the time of the civil wars one vanderbilt starts to go seances and as a point on the book this is the high point of spiritualism in american life in the civil war, the better part of a million people died so people started going t
here they are at their offices at one of the leading far this corporations of america's can bring in racing away from the police with literally bales of green bags and stock and you know they set up shop in what they called for taylor when over in new jersey, yes. the garden state welcome them and gave them a corporation in new jersey. so, to try to settle the matter jay gould literally went to albany with a suitcase full of cash and there are some hilarious figures from the new york state...
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the true thing is what we are moving towards is a multi-racial america. if you look at the compensation and the rainbow or the gumbo or the mosaic of america, the 2010 census is critically important. is going show an ever-changing picture towards a nation that, by the time we get to 2045 or 2050, won't have a majority ethnic group. that is a fundamental reality, that that is this course and that is the path that we are on as a nation. so, i don't think we... we have to be concerned. and i think reverend jackson addressed this, about the twisting of the youth -- several other speakers did -- the twisting of the use of the word race where people say you are playing the race card and raising racial issues, it is racial injustice and racial dis parties we have to seek, to address, and to correct, and i think we have an obligation as a nation, because if we don't address it, the past and the future, is fraught with even more difficulty. imagine that in ten short years, by 2020, half -- half -- of the high school graduating seniors in america will be black, the
the true thing is what we are moving towards is a multi-racial america. if you look at the compensation and the rainbow or the gumbo or the mosaic of america, the 2010 census is critically important. is going show an ever-changing picture towards a nation that, by the time we get to 2045 or 2050, won't have a majority ethnic group. that is a fundamental reality, that that is this course and that is the path that we are on as a nation. so, i don't think we... we have to be concerned. and i think...
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this is just not acceptable in our america, mr. president. that is why we are here on a saturday night. if you watchedç the newsç thet two months you probably noticed there is a wide range of opinions on how we should fixç this. and that is asç it should be, ç president. we need all the goodçw3 ideas can get. andnof hopefully this debate wi produce that. but if you have watched the debate the last phenomena days in the senate you probably have noticed something else as well. i don't believe a single persony point and said that we areçt( doing nothing at all. therefore,ççó in the weeks ahe- >> time has expired. >> a full and open debate to every provision of this bill. but tonight's vote is nothing more than a choice, a choice between doing something and doing nothing. i would urge my colleagues this evening to join us hopefully q unanimously, to say we should dr something, we should do something about thisok most bas right that all americansñr deserve. i yieldç thet( floor. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding offic
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she is for middle america. she knows the issues. and i think that she's going to represent us more than we anticipate. >> when you say middle america what do you mean? >> just the commerce, people who don't know where to go to get information, don't know where to go to have representation. i think that she will be their voice. >> and did you vote for the kaine and palin in 08? >> by all means i did. i did. >> why do you think they didn't win the election? >> i think there was too much outside influence and i don't think she was given the opportunity. i think there were too many people that were strategizing and kept her from speaking out. >> a number of people live talked to seem to be sort of upset about how she's treated by the media. would you agree with that and what would you say about that? >> i think she was treated unfairly. i think she should have been able to speak more openly and have her own platform. >> and are you a lifelong republican? >> no, i used to be a democrat but when she came on the scene, george bush, too, bu
she is for middle america. she knows the issues. and i think that she's going to represent us more than we anticipate. >> when you say middle america what do you mean? >> just the commerce, people who don't know where to go to get information, don't know where to go to have representation. i think that she will be their voice. >> and did you vote for the kaine and palin in 08? >> by all means i did. i did. >> why do you think they didn't win the election? >>...
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we also know that the overall cost of health care in america america -- you know, this was supposed -- this bill was supposed to what's called bend the cost curve. they say because it is actually deficit neutral, maybe helps the deficit a little bit because of the smoke and mirrors that they play with it, they say that that bends the cost curve. but when we look at the american people and the actual costs that they're going to be paying for health care, their cost curve continues to go up and up and up into the future. this bill will also lead to rationing. we saw this week this federal board that talked about mammograms. and it caused an outrage with women across america. well, that's the sort of thing that's going to happen because of this legislation. federal bureaucrats are going to be in charge of your health care , not your doctor and you. we need to have legislation that focuses on that doctor-patient relationship that should be so sacred in our health care system today. so republicans have come up with the idea, let's bring in medical liability reform and start driving down th
we also know that the overall cost of health care in america america -- you know, this was supposed -- this bill was supposed to what's called bend the cost curve. they say because it is actually deficit neutral, maybe helps the deficit a little bit because of the smoke and mirrors that they play with it, they say that that bends the cost curve. but when we look at the american people and the actual costs that they're going to be paying for health care, their cost curve continues to go up and...
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the hard work of the house we are just two steps away from achieving health insurance reform in the america. now the united states senate must follow suit and pass its version of the legislation. i am absolutely confident it will and i look forward to signing comprehensive health insurance reform into law by the end of the year." now, a senior aide says that the president did watch the vote as it happened in the house there from camp david. president obama set to return to the white house from camp david for the afternoon. >> the bill now moves on to the senate where it must also pass if it is to become law. as in the house, senate democrats are having a hard time winning over republican support for the bill. if the senate passes a bill, the senate version must be reconciled with the house bill that passed last night before it can be signed into law. >>> it's going to be a tough day tomorrow for commuters in philadelphia. talks aimed at ending a transit strike broke done last night. bus drivers and subway and trolley operators just walked off the job last tuesday p. the union is demanding a
the hard work of the house we are just two steps away from achieving health insurance reform in the america. now the united states senate must follow suit and pass its version of the legislation. i am absolutely confident it will and i look forward to signing comprehensive health insurance reform into law by the end of the year." now, a senior aide says that the president did watch the vote as it happened in the house there from camp david. president obama set to return to the white house...
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america lost every single battle it was in, up until june, the battle of midway. every single battle was a disaster. by june when the new way is one at a naval air power, by june, tens of thousands of americans were dead, not just in pearl harbor but all across the pacific ocean. they were americans died on the beaches of tea at who landed with the kennedys and the breads into the famous raid. you had a disaster going on north africa. it was a total reversal of everything everyone thought would happen. it was terrible news. the battle for guadalcanal was 20 days old today in 1942. 20 days long. when they landed at guadalcanal they expected it to be at max a 30 day battle. it was still going on six months later. there was absolutely no one who forecast that america could be put in that kind of a situation, yet at the end of the day, the nation's mobilizes and we win the war. and make no doubt about it, it would not have happened had the united states not gotten into the war. europe would've been ruled by hitler and his talent and japan would have run asia. now, whe
america lost every single battle it was in, up until june, the battle of midway. every single battle was a disaster. by june when the new way is one at a naval air power, by june, tens of thousands of americans were dead, not just in pearl harbor but all across the pacific ocean. they were americans died on the beaches of tea at who landed with the kennedys and the breads into the famous raid. you had a disaster going on north africa. it was a total reversal of everything everyone thought would...
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it is america's pastime. it raises to the level of a congressional response. as i said, not in a punitive manner, but in a collaborative manner. in a manner that says, we want the sport to last. we would like there to be more boys playing. and we also have girls football. and we want more people playing and more people lasting. mr. barbour, let me thank you for all that you have given to the people who watch you. do you think the structure of the nfl contracts are contributor to players shielding their symptoms and is there anything to change that culture? >> i will answer that question. come i. ifit comes down to pride. i hated seeing someone else do my job. i think my contracts were not incentivized based on playing time, but for me, it was a sense of pride because i loved doing my job. >> can we balance the pride with ways -- i was going to refer to playing times and incentives -- >> you balance that with education. if you give players the knowledge of their injuries and the potential dangers of their injuries and have them take control of it as opposed to
it is america's pastime. it raises to the level of a congressional response. as i said, not in a punitive manner, but in a collaborative manner. in a manner that says, we want the sport to last. we would like there to be more boys playing. and we also have girls football. and we want more people playing and more people lasting. mr. barbour, let me thank you for all that you have given to the people who watch you. do you think the structure of the nfl contracts are contributor to players...
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and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing the threat right now. as friday, i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental action agency. at that briefing, we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health cost of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities, to help them respond to climate related disease, to slashing greenhouse gas emissions in our own buildings. this is not an afterthought for my department. this is a key part of our broader public health strategy. more and more, we understand that health is not something that happens just in doctors offices. whether you're healthy or not depends on what to eat and drink, what you breathe, how you get around, and where you this. a world that's eating up and powered by paul fired plants that fill the sky with harmful greenhouse gas is going to have fewer healthy peop
and work for america. but in the meantime, we're looking for ways that we can start reducing the threat right now. as friday, i saw some of you at a white house stakeholder briefing i hosted with lisa jackson, the administrator of our environmental action agency. at that briefing, we talked about many of the steps my department is taking in this area from funding research on the health cost of greenhouse gas emissions to investing in communities, to help them respond to climate related disease,...
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a city that was the crime capital of america, welfare capital of america, the city in difficult conditions when i became the mayor. by the time i left office new york city was being proclaimed the best example of conservative government in the country. we turned it into the safest large city in america, and the spirit of the people of the city had changed. >> i have never seen a street in new york that look like that. it is all hopeful. leave the ground, it is incredible. watch what he is going to say, something a candidate never does and he will offer the key word republicans were looking for. >> instead of being hopeless the large majority of people had hoped. i believe i have been tested in the way the american people can look to me. they will not find perfection but they will find somebody who has dealt with crisis on a regular basis and had results and in many cases exceptional results people thought were impossible. i am rudy guiliani and i approve this message. >> results. democrats wanted change, republicans wanted results. he actually says in the at i am not perfect. we are lookin
a city that was the crime capital of america, welfare capital of america, the city in difficult conditions when i became the mayor. by the time i left office new york city was being proclaimed the best example of conservative government in the country. we turned it into the safest large city in america, and the spirit of the people of the city had changed. >> i have never seen a street in new york that look like that. it is all hopeful. leave the ground, it is incredible. watch what he is...
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>> i am from south america. we have ahmadinejad in good deal today and i want to know if this is a message to the u.s. that ahmadinejad can talk to other leaders of what the problem is here. >> will take the answer. >> okay, let me try that. attempts for your question at grand bargains, up until now hasn't worked too well. again, it's that suspicion, in the barriers of suspicion are just too high. when one side has come forward, the other side is drawn back. the u.s. made what i thought was a very reasonable offer back in 1999, 2000, in the last years of the clinton administration when secretary albright talked about a roadmap to better relations with no preconditions. and the iranians turned it down and most observers, non-american observer is basically said the iranians blew it. this was a good opportunity and they couldn't do it. in 2003, we have the same thing from the other -- from the other direction. i mean, it's a good idea. you can get all of these issues, all of these issues out there, but it may be to
>> i am from south america. we have ahmadinejad in good deal today and i want to know if this is a message to the u.s. that ahmadinejad can talk to other leaders of what the problem is here. >> will take the answer. >> okay, let me try that. attempts for your question at grand bargains, up until now hasn't worked too well. again, it's that suspicion, in the barriers of suspicion are just too high. when one side has come forward, the other side is drawn back. the u.s. made what...
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but there was another kind of gold in america, more precious kind, than the gold coins. it was freedom and there was opportunity. blessed with these conditions and hampered by much less disabling forms of anti-semitism and discrimination, then jews had grown accustomed to continue with, children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of these immigrants florist. and not just in material terms. to an extent unprecedented in the history of their people. what i'm saying is that the jewish experience in this country bears eloquent testimony to the infinitely precious purchase of the traditional american system. shirley than we jews have an obligation to join with its defenders against those who are blind or indifferent are antagonistic to this philosophical principles of moral values and the socioeconomic institutions on its health and vitality, the conditional american system attends. in 2008, we were faced with a candidate who ran explicitly on the premise that the traditional american system was seriously flawed and in desperate need of radical change. as he said on oc
but there was another kind of gold in america, more precious kind, than the gold coins. it was freedom and there was opportunity. blessed with these conditions and hampered by much less disabling forms of anti-semitism and discrimination, then jews had grown accustomed to continue with, children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of these immigrants florist. and not just in material terms. to an extent unprecedented in the history of their people. what i'm saying is that the jewish...
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not without routing against america. -- rooting against america. my family raised me -- [applause] my family raised me not to root against the president. my grandmother taught me to pray for president. i saw my grandmother in the greatest challenge of this prerogative praying for jimmy carter. if you can pray for jimmy carter -- [laughter] i won't finish the sentence. howard talk about ronald reagan and tip o'neill. i reminded of the great jimmy breslin story, a tough writer. after tip got out of office, working all the way back to truman, he asked tip, who was your favorite president to work with? he said, that is easy. it was ronnie reagan. he would call me up after we were kicking each other and punching each other all day, and he would call me down to the white house. and there, the two irish politicians would do what irish politicians do. drink whiskey, tells stories, and lie. [laughter] and you know, because of that, it never got personal. they were able to do what nobody thought they could do. they tackle social security. it was rough for bo
not without routing against america. -- rooting against america. my family raised me -- [applause] my family raised me not to root against the president. my grandmother taught me to pray for president. i saw my grandmother in the greatest challenge of this prerogative praying for jimmy carter. if you can pray for jimmy carter -- [laughter] i won't finish the sentence. howard talk about ronald reagan and tip o'neill. i reminded of the great jimmy breslin story, a tough writer. after tip got out...
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. >> you were involved if power america. ken was a visionary. what you don't want to do is inhibit that. all (yours really want does is good solid rules. >> people would say we are in the mess we are in today because of the growth in the 1980s. >> completely turned us around. our best days were behind us. what we learned under the reagan administration is that the potential for economic growth is still there. the two big parts were to stabilize it to get rid of deflags. that's what we did. it took a real kweezing out. it was to have a stable honest dollar and give people a chance to be enter (you ares. it wasn't worth it. you lower taxes, you were finally recognizing the heroism of entrepreneurs i'm not sure i lay the society. the people i met happy enough. they had that russian character iz kick of being redesigned. theyer more passive than americans. you wouldn't begin to see irritation like you would in the united states. >> they had a taste of freedom. there still are certain resignation. they probably accept what's imposed on them much more
. >> you were involved if power america. ken was a visionary. what you don't want to do is inhibit that. all (yours really want does is good solid rules. >> people would say we are in the mess we are in today because of the growth in the 1980s. >> completely turned us around. our best days were behind us. what we learned under the reagan administration is that the potential for economic growth is still there. the two big parts were to stabilize it to get rid of deflags. that's...
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and so this is the kind of america that we face. and so he offers some, we can change the world and they said do it, let's do it together. and by the way, 1 billion people thought jobs. it was in the tens of thousands of people that wanted to work for george w. bush. by the way, i do give bush credit. look at how much it, lest when english was only his second language. come on, laugh. >> this is going to be the best on the republican side and visits from rudy giuliani. i worked for rudy giuliani and this is one of the greatest honors of my life, to be a poster to work for him on his may or your rights. he ran an awful campaign. he ran the worst campaign in modern history. he's the only person ever to finish a campaign with more wise than delicates. can you edit that out of c-span? because that's the one that's actually going to get me killed. of all the jokes i do here, that's the one that next time you see me i'll be in a wheelchair with my legs broken. but what he did for new york is truly incredible. watch how high the lines go,
and so this is the kind of america that we face. and so he offers some, we can change the world and they said do it, let's do it together. and by the way, 1 billion people thought jobs. it was in the tens of thousands of people that wanted to work for george w. bush. by the way, i do give bush credit. look at how much it, lest when english was only his second language. come on, laugh. >> this is going to be the best on the republican side and visits from rudy giuliani. i worked for rudy...
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created for you as a public service by america's cable companies. up next is "waárr'gton journal" and news makers with energy maker stephen new and after that the rollt internet plays in kem and politics. starting next on c-span "washington journal". guests are editor james joiner of outside the beltway blog and they talk about healthcare and u.s. economy and
created for you as a public service by america's cable companies. up next is "waárr'gton journal" and news makers with energy maker stephen new and after that the rollt internet plays in kem and politics. starting next on c-span "washington journal". guests are editor james joiner of outside the beltway blog and they talk about healthcare and u.s. economy and
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john kennedy and richard nixon or two of the most brilliant minds america produced for the richard nixon was on the national ticket five times and won four out five times in the last i checked the batting averages one of the best batting average of anyone who has run for the american president and of course john kennedy becoming the first and only roman catholic president is an interesting story in and of itself. secondly it was an extraordinarily close election. kennedy won the election by a tick or two over 100,000 votes out of the tens of millions cast so it was extraordinarily close. it was also i argue the first modern campaign when you think about pollsters, you think about use of media, you think of mass buying of advertising and when you think about religion as a political force you have those together in many things which we take for granted in our presidential races today in many ways began in that election so i think it is the beginning of modern political presidential campaigns. but it was also what i call the larva stage of the religious right in the united states. if you lo
john kennedy and richard nixon or two of the most brilliant minds america produced for the richard nixon was on the national ticket five times and won four out five times in the last i checked the batting averages one of the best batting average of anyone who has run for the american president and of course john kennedy becoming the first and only roman catholic president is an interesting story in and of itself. secondly it was an extraordinarily close election. kennedy won the election by a...
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shouldn't we debate health care reform in america today? with 50 million people uninsured, and this legislation is going to take care of 98% of americans. this legislation looks out for small business people. right now most small businesses don't have health insurance for their employees. do they not have health insurance because they're mean or cheap? no. they can't afford it. the insurance industry has made it so it's spwob to -- impossible to pay for it because of their huge profits. so someone not voting to allow the debate to continue is going to have a lot of explaining to do. even though my friend is orwellian and said if you vote to allow a debate to continue, you're going to have a lot of explaining to do. how can be a united states senator and be afraid to debate health care reform? simply, madam president, this legislation that we're going to vote on the motion to proceed to this evening at 8:00 saves lives, it saves money, and it saves medicare. a pretty good deal, i would think. the presiding officer: under the previous order,
shouldn't we debate health care reform in america today? with 50 million people uninsured, and this legislation is going to take care of 98% of americans. this legislation looks out for small business people. right now most small businesses don't have health insurance for their employees. do they not have health insurance because they're mean or cheap? no. they can't afford it. the insurance industry has made it so it's spwob to -- impossible to pay for it because of their huge profits. so...
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and barbara unfortunately is the example which is becoming increasingly rare in america. those of you who are my generation and a generation younger have lived through the time of massive decline in citizenship in america. by almost any indicator of active citizenship, basics like boating, volunteering, joining organizations that have a civic objective, working with your neighbors to solve a local problem. americans today are dramatically less likely to do any of those than they did two generations ago. i put a lot of the blame of that on several institutions. one of those is our educational institution. as bob said, i graduated from miami senior high school in 1955. i had gone to elementary and junior high before that. between the seventh grade and the 12th grade i had taken the amount of civics which was typical for americans of my generation. three courses, three one-year courses including a basic introduction, a course that was called problems and democracy where you learned to analyze issues and discuss them intelligently, and how to be a citizen. but the competencie
and barbara unfortunately is the example which is becoming increasingly rare in america. those of you who are my generation and a generation younger have lived through the time of massive decline in citizenship in america. by almost any indicator of active citizenship, basics like boating, volunteering, joining organizations that have a civic objective, working with your neighbors to solve a local problem. americans today are dramatically less likely to do any of those than they did two...
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is that one place in america at the time where there was black political hustle and a great pride left over from the harlem renaissance that was still flowing up and down the streets and black owned nightclubs and they may not have been welcome downtown but they could come up town and come to the all nightclubs in joe louis phoned a nightclub, louis armstrong and later sugar ray robinson owned a nightclubs so they all felt very comfortable in harlem. it was the black mecca were you could go and meet langston hughes, wallace thurman, all of the poets and writers of the harlem renaissance. if they were not still around, their friends were. it was in mecca and i think it informed sugar ray robinson in great the. >> host: and gave him a certain confidence not to mention style which she carried into the ring and popularized in the way people have not seen before. do you think style is a former resistance in the right setting? >> guest: that is a great point*. yes. i do. the style that sugar ray robinson loved flowed out of a "esquire" magazine and there was a jazz book that was printed in 1
is that one place in america at the time where there was black political hustle and a great pride left over from the harlem renaissance that was still flowing up and down the streets and black owned nightclubs and they may not have been welcome downtown but they could come up town and come to the all nightclubs in joe louis phoned a nightclub, louis armstrong and later sugar ray robinson owned a nightclubs so they all felt very comfortable in harlem. it was the black mecca were you could go and...
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and when america understands the far left america is not going to agree with the far left. redistribution of wealth when i point that out it was what president obama, a candidate obama really believed people felt that hard to accept. today we see it happening. and i think the leadership that is going to come on a am looking to the 12th movement, the constitution, right now we see the republicans democrats are the two parties of the united states we're today are the way? does because democrats today are the true dominant parties does not mean either will survive another 50 years. i think we are undergoing a fundamental political realignment we're middle america is rising up, social security recipients are saying we want social security. we don't want to have to have rationed medical care, which is inevitable if we are going to take millions of americans and get them publicly funded medical care. i know many doctors i can see a couple of them in this room are personal friends. the next medical instrument will pick up is the golf club. the idea of all this regulation, the idea
and when america understands the far left america is not going to agree with the far left. redistribution of wealth when i point that out it was what president obama, a candidate obama really believed people felt that hard to accept. today we see it happening. and i think the leadership that is going to come on a am looking to the 12th movement, the constitution, right now we see the republicans democrats are the two parties of the united states we're today are the way? does because democrats...
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coming up this hour, the federal government's relation with rural america. after that, the health and human services department talks about medicare and medicaid and later,
coming up this hour, the federal government's relation with rural america. after that, the health and human services department talks about medicare and medicaid and later,
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. >> home to america's highest court. the role is to interpret the constitution of the united states. outside, almost daily expressions of protest are made by those of listing the courts except their case or role in their favor. there are private rooms seen by those that are there. it is the justices appointed for life terms that have always defined this very human institution and the buildings in which they do their work. >> i think it is the previous building in washington. it is distinctive. is a different type of marble. it is lighter and brighter. immediately, i do appreciate it. it represents a different branch of government. it really is monumental. it represents the lincoln memorial in terms of the visual impact. if you view it as a temple of justice, i think that is entirely appropriate. >> 21st come up to the steps -- when you first come up to the steps, there are too candelabras. -- two candelabras holding the scales of justice. on the of the side are the three faces. is it symbolic indication. as he traveled t
. >> home to america's highest court. the role is to interpret the constitution of the united states. outside, almost daily expressions of protest are made by those of listing the courts except their case or role in their favor. there are private rooms seen by those that are there. it is the justices appointed for life terms that have always defined this very human institution and the buildings in which they do their work. >> i think it is the previous building in washington. it is...
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america of america, $43.9 billion in tarp funds and they cut small business lending by 5%. ema quoting from a government rorkts by the way. treasury department comparing 4/30/09. american express and the list goes on -- i mean, i don't understand this at all. so the question is, how do we try to give some help to small- to medium-sized businesses and see if we can restart this economic engine so that they can put people back to work? they are at ones that are the job-generators in this country. what are the best ideas that we can use to put people back on payrolls? but what i wanted to talk about just for a minute is something that i saw in the "washington post" this week when the president was in asia and it talks about folks from the 21 pacific rim knacks at an event that is -- -- quote -- "has put some of america's policies in the line of fire, a chorus of complaints about ution trade policies. in the hour before the president's arrival in singapore, leaders of mexico, china, and russia broadly condemned protectionism endorsing free trade as the best engine of growth" an
america of america, $43.9 billion in tarp funds and they cut small business lending by 5%. ema quoting from a government rorkts by the way. treasury department comparing 4/30/09. american express and the list goes on -- i mean, i don't understand this at all. so the question is, how do we try to give some help to small- to medium-sized businesses and see if we can restart this economic engine so that they can put people back to work? they are at ones that are the job-generators in this country....
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everybody in america gets 0 interest loans. >> we would have a very different america. i tell you, the new york fed actually is extending more money and had more open plans to the banking system. we are talking about the 2 trillion. altman the there was about 6 trillion worth of facilities created, much of went to the new york fed. they don't necessarily aggregate. their is a lot of other stuff that isn't even your being looked at. >> to knows about this? >> it is causing a public. not what collateral has been posted and what banks have received blood money. you are trying to get to the bottom of that information. but when those facilities were open, when they were created. it wasn't a big media press release. there is information you can see from digging through the web sites. >> you can do it. >> no. you can't do it. there is no way you can go on a fed website or treasury web site. what did you spend? when did disbanded? there is no report that exists like that. >> all right. i'm going to put you on the spot. based on his record as head of the new york fed -- well, le
everybody in america gets 0 interest loans. >> we would have a very different america. i tell you, the new york fed actually is extending more money and had more open plans to the banking system. we are talking about the 2 trillion. altman the there was about 6 trillion worth of facilities created, much of went to the new york fed. they don't necessarily aggregate. their is a lot of other stuff that isn't even your being looked at. >> to knows about this? >> it is causing a...
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by the time of his death he was estimated to be the second-richest man in america with a fortune of nearly $100 million. to give you an idea of what that meant stiles writes a vanderbilt had somehow been able to liquidate his entire estate he would have received one of every $9 in circulation. if bill gates had been able to liquidate his estate at his prime he would have been entitled to one of every $138 circulation. he did not come by this money easily. he was a tough, capable, and stunningly intelligent man. his life was one of almost constant competition. he fought in almost every irina been available from the fist fights ghts to racing is steambs up the hudson, defending himself, battling the business that ran from connecticut to california and watching endless cruise on the wall street to whipping his prized trotters against other sportsmen. a contest that on at least two occasions left him pitch down head first on the road in what looked to be fatal accidents. he was a hard man who was hard on those around him including a wife he seems to have driven to a sanitarium, son-in-laws who
by the time of his death he was estimated to be the second-richest man in america with a fortune of nearly $100 million. to give you an idea of what that meant stiles writes a vanderbilt had somehow been able to liquidate his entire estate he would have received one of every $9 in circulation. if bill gates had been able to liquidate his estate at his prime he would have been entitled to one of every $138 circulation. he did not come by this money easily. he was a tough, capable, and stunningly...
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these issues face every state in america. and we are going to see in this arena a dramatic reduction of the quality and content and quantity of health care that our medicare beneficiaries today see because of these proposals and they are being done not in order to make the medicare system more solvent but to finance yet another major federal entitlement program that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. as a matter of fact, if you look at the true numbers, the cost will be over $2 trillion in a full ten-year period of time. and so there's a lot more that we could say, but i know that my colleagues from mississippi and florida have some remarks that they would like to makers and so -- that they would like to make, and so i will yield to them at this time. mr. lemieux: i want to thank the gentleman from idaho for his great remarks today. and i want to follow up on what he started to discuss and continue also with the comments from my colleague from arizona about medicare advantage, because it seems to me, being a senator f
these issues face every state in america. and we are going to see in this arena a dramatic reduction of the quality and content and quantity of health care that our medicare beneficiaries today see because of these proposals and they are being done not in order to make the medicare system more solvent but to finance yet another major federal entitlement program that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. as a matter of fact, if you look at the true numbers, the cost will be over $2 trillion...
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america lost every single battle it was then up until june, the battle of midway. every single battle was a disaster. by june when the midway is one as a naval battle in the naval air battle, by june tens of thousands of americans were dead. not just at pearl harbor but all across the pacific ocean. you have americans who were dying on the beaches of tni hugh lended with the canadians in the brits in the famous rate. you had a disaster going on and it was a total reversal of everything everybody thought was going to happen. it was terrible news. the battle for guadalcanal was 20 days old today in 1942. 20 days along. when they landed at guadalcanal they expected it to be at max eighth 30 day battle and it was still going on six months later. there was absolutely no one who forecast that america could be put in that kind of this situation and yet at the end of the day 16.5 million men and women served in the armed forces, the nation mobilizes and we win the war. no doubt about it, it would not have happened had the united states not got into the war. europe would ha
america lost every single battle it was then up until june, the battle of midway. every single battle was a disaster. by june when the midway is one as a naval battle in the naval air battle, by june tens of thousands of americans were dead. not just at pearl harbor but all across the pacific ocean. you have americans who were dying on the beaches of tni hugh lended with the canadians in the brits in the famous rate. you had a disaster going on and it was a total reversal of everything...
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who says we're not a literate society in america? [laughter] >> this is the national homebase of progressive reader because nicole sander levin or. [applause] >> i want to thank everybody who is our event thank books and books and c-span, and marx radio show and everybody who brought me here too, two and a half years ago. and everyone who made such a movement here for defending our constitution and the rule of law, and the need to hold everyone, even than the highest office to the rule of law. which had a lot to do i think with why a congressman by the name of robert wexler, the moans for the little because today congressman wexler announced he is resigning. he is retiring and is moving on to a career as the present of a think tank in washington. he has been a congressman who, like most congressmen, i disagreed with on most things, yet he has done remarkable things. he has been willing not only to challenge his party's leadership, which is almost unheard of, but to challenge the chairman of the committee on which he serves. which is
who says we're not a literate society in america? [laughter] >> this is the national homebase of progressive reader because nicole sander levin or. [applause] >> i want to thank everybody who is our event thank books and books and c-span, and marx radio show and everybody who brought me here too, two and a half years ago. and everyone who made such a movement here for defending our constitution and the rule of law, and the need to hold everyone, even than the highest office to the...
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this is about creating jobs, and that is what america wants today. this is about giving you in the country the kind of certainty and predictability you need. you need to know what is expected of you. you need to know if you make those investments in alternatives that there is going to be a demand, a market. finally, there is this deep belief that this is the moral and ethical thing to do. i had the privilege of running the e.p.a. for eight years and worked with the world's leading environmental engineers. they are great and have solved so many problems for our country. but the truth of the matter is there isn't one among them who can reverse sea level rise once it starts to occur. we have to start to take the steps today so we can give future generations the same kind of opportunities and hope that prior generations have had, and i think we will do it. it will not be easy. it will not happen without all of your help in whatever form that takes. we have a lot of people to educate. we have people to educate not just in congress, but in towns and cities
this is about creating jobs, and that is what america wants today. this is about giving you in the country the kind of certainty and predictability you need. you need to know what is expected of you. you need to know if you make those investments in alternatives that there is going to be a demand, a market. finally, there is this deep belief that this is the moral and ethical thing to do. i had the privilege of running the e.p.a. for eight years and worked with the world's leading environmental...
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india and the united states of america. >> cheers. cheers. >> thank you. thank you, everybody. enjoy your evening. >> larry: and the dinner begins. this is an outdoor dinner. it's under a tent on the south lawn of the white house. i've attend add couple of these. the ones i attended were inside. they hold a lot more people there. we'll have a panel. a quick word or two with sally quinn, the co-founder of on faith at washingtonpost.com and she's launched the party, a column on entertaining in the style tex of "the post." how important are these dinners, sally? >> i think the prime minister said it best when he said strategic partnership. you heard their toast. it wasn't anything about music, flowers -- well, it was some, but it was really about the strategy of our relationship with india and india's position next to pakistan and afghanistan and china and the fact that they are a huge democracy in the area, that we have so much -- we depend so much on india's friendship. they have the nuclear weapons, the pakistanis have nuclear weapons
india and the united states of america. >> cheers. cheers. >> thank you. thank you, everybody. enjoy your evening. >> larry: and the dinner begins. this is an outdoor dinner. it's under a tent on the south lawn of the white house. i've attend add couple of these. the ones i attended were inside. they hold a lot more people there. we'll have a panel. a quick word or two with sally quinn, the co-founder of on faith at washingtonpost.com and she's launched the party, a column on...
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and it occurs first here in america. and i think it isn't the end of the whole world that the founders i think experienced of great soul characters. this is just one kind of change that took place in this period. let me mention just a few others. violent of all sorts increased in unprecedented levels. personal violence was actually more common in america than england and has continued to be from the beginning to the present. homicide rates in the chesapeake briefers a century of the crime and increase rapidly in this period. homicide went up in new york city in the 1790s. there was much domestic violence and multiple family murders, more than any time in our history. through the whole history of the 19th century. more occurred in this period, multiple murders where father kills his family, which inspired charles rockton brown first novel. irving became much more prevalent and much more disruptive. drinking of hard liquor reached a peak never been duplicated since. americans were consuming $5 per person, the highest we ha
and it occurs first here in america. and i think it isn't the end of the whole world that the founders i think experienced of great soul characters. this is just one kind of change that took place in this period. let me mention just a few others. violent of all sorts increased in unprecedented levels. personal violence was actually more common in america than england and has continued to be from the beginning to the present. homicide rates in the chesapeake briefers a century of the crime and...
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we have a large chunk of middle america -- they are not the same. the people who serve in the house and senate have ideology. we have resolution among these differences. but with 40 votes in the senate, 177 in the house, those people who have survived are not -- they are the people who feel most strongly about the size of government and we are not going to vote for these bills. olympia snowe is a good example. she has a great feeling about the center in maine. we have seen this since 1978. this number, this is 176. the republican vote came after 2018. he was with the leadership because he would not be there for 218. the public auction is the same thing that means that this is too much government health care. this is not acceptable for what we think should happen. mitt romney passed a mandate, and it said, you do not need this for public out -- for a public auction -- public option. >> is it possible for a president to have a robust approval rating? something close to 50? or is this something of the past? >> does this work? i have been told by the mi
we have a large chunk of middle america -- they are not the same. the people who serve in the house and senate have ideology. we have resolution among these differences. but with 40 votes in the senate, 177 in the house, those people who have survived are not -- they are the people who feel most strongly about the size of government and we are not going to vote for these bills. olympia snowe is a good example. she has a great feeling about the center in maine. we have seen this since 1978. this...
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india and the united states of america. >> cheers. >> thank you so much. thank you. thank you, everybody. enjoy your evening. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> a year from now i'll break my leg and my parents will have to sell their house because we couldn't afford healthcare. >> three months from now i'll need surgery. and my parents will go bankrupt because they can't afford healthcare. >> two years from now i'll be dyiiagnosed from leukemia and il die because we couldn't afford healthcare. >> there are 8 million children without healthcare. >> we all deserve healthcare. >> the democratic national committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> saturday night as americans laid down for sleep, moderate democrats laid down their beliefs, sold out their constituents, rolled by pressure from barack obama and harry reid. they voted to move afford a government-run healthcare bill our nation does not want and can't afford. one member sold her vote to the highest bidder. one member sold out his principles. two more lost what little credibi
india and the united states of america. >> cheers. >> thank you so much. thank you. thank you, everybody. enjoy your evening. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> a year from now i'll break my leg and my parents will have to sell their house because we couldn't afford healthcare. >> three months from now i'll need surgery. and my parents will go bankrupt because they can't afford healthcare. >> two years from now i'll be dyiiagnosed from leukemia and il die...
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i think 40 percent of the profits in america are now being made on wall street? >> guest: that is an extraordinary number and did new york city it is a greater proportion. it is an obscene number because it really is not predicated on the creation of anything. we're still talking about assets that pretend to have value. they're all these other agencies that work with wall street like the rating agencies and s&p and moody's a stamp value by deciding the assets are worth a certain amount or they have a certain equality called aaa and it sounds good and the pension funds buy it and the states buy it and individuals hear about it from their local bankers. basically infiltrates the entire system. >> host: i remember we had hank paulson and i said mr. paulson back in my state the middle class is in trouble and people are struggling, losing their job come income going down, the growing gap between the rich and everybody else and what is your sense? bill micki says the economy is really good. year after year this would is aggravating we heard from the bush administration
i think 40 percent of the profits in america are now being made on wall street? >> guest: that is an extraordinary number and did new york city it is a greater proportion. it is an obscene number because it really is not predicated on the creation of anything. we're still talking about assets that pretend to have value. they're all these other agencies that work with wall street like the rating agencies and s&p and moody's a stamp value by deciding the assets are worth a certain...
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america's inherited after it was 200-years-old. virginians have actually voted to ban slavery in the early 1700's. but the british government of good clean overruled the act largely because the royal treasury depended on revenues from british slave traders. in the decades that followed under the three king george's virginians petitioned time after time to end slavery importation. the georges all refused to and during their brains or africans crossed the atlantic to america than europeans and voluntarily of course. ironically the increase in the number of slaves was more of a burden than benefit to most virginia planters. sleeves were usually unskilled and unable to speak english and they had fewer incentives to work in peace workers in the north and as they aged and fathered children they added enormous numbers of nonproductive infants and elderly to the population the planters had to support. in only 50 years from 17221770 just before the american revolution, in those 50 years virginia slave population grew almost eightfold from t
america's inherited after it was 200-years-old. virginians have actually voted to ban slavery in the early 1700's. but the british government of good clean overruled the act largely because the royal treasury depended on revenues from british slave traders. in the decades that followed under the three king george's virginians petitioned time after time to end slavery importation. the georges all refused to and during their brains or africans crossed the atlantic to america than europeans and...
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john kennedy and richard nixon were two of the most political brilliant minds and america produced in the 1960s. nixon was on the national ticket five times, and won four out of the five times. the last i checked that's a pretty good batting average is. of course, john kennedy to come in the first and only roman catholic president in american history is a very interesting story in and of itself that it was an extraordinarily close election. kennedy won the election by just a tick or two over 100,000 votes out of the tens of millions that were cast. it was extraordinarily close. it was also really the first modern campaign when you think about pollsters, you think about use of media. you think of mass buying of advertising. and when you think about religion as a political force, you add all those together and many things we take for granted in our races today, began in mid- 1960 election. i think it's the beginning of modern political presidential campaigns. but it was also what i call the larva stage of the religious right in the united states. if you look at who the players were amon
john kennedy and richard nixon were two of the most political brilliant minds and america produced in the 1960s. nixon was on the national ticket five times, and won four out of the five times. the last i checked that's a pretty good batting average is. of course, john kennedy to come in the first and only roman catholic president in american history is a very interesting story in and of itself that it was an extraordinarily close election. kennedy won the election by just a tick or two over...
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it's created a situation with the economic gravity in america shifted from new york to washington. >> host: there is no question, i can attest to that that is absolutely the truth. >> guest: and ist truth. it's dangerous. >> host: so to work as titans of industry. >> guest: and finally as it relates to the other areas i would say we wish you the best of success, we hope that it does well in terms of educational talented. we hope national foundation and others will help but we won't simpson as independent business and the problem is you think we have individuals and if i dare say his name, former vice president al gore, who has made a very nice profit personally . >> host: there was an article about the billions being made by selling the carbon credits and it's a very lucrative industry. i was curious to find out from chris werner that actually in tehran was of the creator of this whole idea of carbon credits. and carmen offsets and it was one more thing that could be traded on wall street. >> guest: you have firms like goldman sachs lobbying congress for capt. training and their inter
it's created a situation with the economic gravity in america shifted from new york to washington. >> host: there is no question, i can attest to that that is absolutely the truth. >> guest: and ist truth. it's dangerous. >> host: so to work as titans of industry. >> guest: and finally as it relates to the other areas i would say we wish you the best of success, we hope that it does well in terms of educational talented. we hope national foundation and others will help...
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not only do they come with the best deals of the year, they come with the best coverage in america. you snooze you lose. hey! i'll take it! let the chevy red tag event begin. now during the chevy red tag event, get 0 percent apr for 72 months on most '09 models. see red and save green. now at your local chevy dealer. >>> new information about the man accused of opening fire on the holocaust museum in june killing a guard. the department of corrections says it has paid more than $65,000 in medical costs for 89- year-old james von braun. the white sup prepare sirs was shot -- supremacist was shot once behind the ear by a museum guard. the next hearing in his case is monday. >>> film director roman polanski will remain behind bars until at least monday. earlier this week a swiss judge said polanski could be freed and put under house arrest. he must post a $4.5 million bail, surrender his papers and be fit with a monitoring bracelet. he fled to europe more than 30 years ago after pleading in los angeles for having sex with an underaged girl. >>> new outrage over abc's decision to cancel
not only do they come with the best deals of the year, they come with the best coverage in america. you snooze you lose. hey! i'll take it! let the chevy red tag event begin. now during the chevy red tag event, get 0 percent apr for 72 months on most '09 models. see red and save green. now at your local chevy dealer. >>> new information about the man accused of opening fire on the holocaust museum in june killing a guard. the department of corrections says it has paid more than $65,000...
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the catholic church and those are the two great press for america's freedom. catholic sources without mentioning kennedy's name, baxter concluded it would seem wise and even necessary that all non-catholic would pose for further growth and spread of roman catholicism. until such time as the roman catholic church changes its doctrine of intolerance towards other religions. do note the irony here in the major religious freedom of this group which is undermining my religious freedom. no sense of irony that shed be a violation of anyone's freedom. all of this is remarkable in terms of your arguments. the iconic baxter was one of the leading ministers in the church of the christ at that time and hillsboro or synapse presages congregation. chad hotly of nbc news sent a crew to film baxter preachiness. nbc also filmed ramzi pollard who is president of the southern baptist convention in his church over memphis. but after the sermon, congressman joe evidence from the fourth congressional district of eastern tennessee who was in attendance at sunday apparently heading t
the catholic church and those are the two great press for america's freedom. catholic sources without mentioning kennedy's name, baxter concluded it would seem wise and even necessary that all non-catholic would pose for further growth and spread of roman catholicism. until such time as the roman catholic church changes its doctrine of intolerance towards other religions. do note the irony here in the major religious freedom of this group which is undermining my religious freedom. no sense of...
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america. >> but it is still fdr who had the biggest impact on the history of this space. >> we will know that we cannot escape danger. >> it is not only the president who is the master of public persuasion. mrs. roosevelt is the first first lady to hold regular press conferences. two days after her husband's swearing in, on march 6, 1933, she walked into the red room with a box of candy, which was passed around, and broke with 100 duty years of tradition. she became the first first lady to have a press conference. there were no male reporters allowed at her press conferences. >> as a result, all the publishers around country had to hire their first female reporter. they say that a whole generation of female reporters got their jobs because of her. with world war ii is the need for secrecy inside the white house. >> with the dramatic ring of action, the white house lets the nation in on an expiring secret, winston churchill is here. after a daring 10 day trip from london, the british by ministe
america. >> but it is still fdr who had the biggest impact on the history of this space. >> we will know that we cannot escape danger. >> it is not only the president who is the master of public persuasion. mrs. roosevelt is the first first lady to hold regular press conferences. two days after her husband's swearing in, on march 6, 1933, she walked into the red room with a box of candy, which was passed around, and broke with 100 duty years of tradition. she became the first...
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something like 40 percent of the profits in america are now being made on wall street. >> of course in new york city it is an outstanding number because it is not predicated. there are all these other agencies. they come in and stamp value by deciding that these assets are worth the certain amount. states buy it. individuals hear about it from their local bankers. so basically this infiltrates the entire system. >> i remember, back in my state people are really struggling. people are losing their jobs. their income is going down. the economy is doing really good. year after year, this was really astounding. year after year we heard from the bush administration that from their perspective the economy was doing great. explain to me how they could believe the economy was doing great with the middle class was collapsing and we were getting closer and closer and closer to the edge of a major global financial crisis. >> because for them it was great, and that's the problem. 2006 was the record year of bonuses on wall street. between 2006 and 2007 foreclosures in this country just between mar
something like 40 percent of the profits in america are now being made on wall street. >> of course in new york city it is an outstanding number because it is not predicated. there are all these other agencies. they come in and stamp value by deciding that these assets are worth the certain amount. states buy it. individuals hear about it from their local bankers. so basically this infiltrates the entire system. >> i remember, back in my state people are really struggling. people...
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-- the theme, chosen in the 1830's, was the expiration and some of america. -- and settlement of america. >> these were all very romanticized. the artists of imagination was running over board. particularly when one looks at the painting of the baptism of pocahontas. it tells me nothing at all about pocahontas. it tells me nothing about jamestown. it tells the a lot about american romanticism. >> when you mention of native americans, it shows up all lot of places with pocahontas and william penn. it is interesting because it is all over the capital. in the rotunda, -- >> you get a real sense that what the artists are talking about is america and american expansion. america's destiny to populate the entire continent with citizens of the united states. in order to justify that, they needed to do paintings that aren't just showing people planting flags on nebraska, but scenes that people will recognize. why does america get to go from the atlantic to the pacific because they are in the process of doing that. they showed americans as the symbol of what america can do. there are images of ame
-- the theme, chosen in the 1830's, was the expiration and some of america. -- and settlement of america. >> these were all very romanticized. the artists of imagination was running over board. particularly when one looks at the painting of the baptism of pocahontas. it tells me nothing at all about pocahontas. it tells me nothing about jamestown. it tells the a lot about american romanticism. >> when you mention of native americans, it shows up all lot of places with pocahontas and...
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people can be healthier and america can do it for less money. senator reid's bill begins to move in the direction of what we have been doing in our part of the country for sometime. his bill promotes what are called accountable care organizations. there are changes in reimbursement. probably folks on main street aren't familiar with it. it's called bundling. in effect, instead of paying for each specific service, there's essentially one payment, again, to reward trying to deliver care in an integrated fashion. we've been able to have included in the legislation, madam president, incentives to care for folks at home. the majority leader included a version of a bill i authored called the independence at home act that is backed by many colleagues on the other side of the aisle and many democrats as well. you think about the challenges of american health care going forward, we certainly ought to agree that it makes sense to deliver more good-quality, affordable care at home rather than forcing americans to spend a big chunk of their day fighting thr
people can be healthier and america can do it for less money. senator reid's bill begins to move in the direction of what we have been doing in our part of the country for sometime. his bill promotes what are called accountable care organizations. there are changes in reimbursement. probably folks on main street aren't familiar with it. it's called bundling. in effect, instead of paying for each specific service, there's essentially one payment, again, to reward trying to deliver care in an...
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she's one of the most polarizing figures in america. she has razor edge close to winning the democratic nomination and now she's one of the four popular figures in the obama cabinet. and of course, look at ronald reagan whose political career had been declared dead many times before he won the republican nomination in 1980 and then presidency. >> host: we found this piece in "the new york times" and elsewhere about charlie crist. surefire for the republican becomes a right-wing target. he rapson then that they are surprising by mark rubio. the former speaker of the house answer to mr. obama by the national review. what's going on there and within the party? >> guest: same thing we saw in the election in new york 23, the special congressional election in two weeks ago. and we're seeing it here in florida. there is a revolt among conservative grassroots against establishment of public msm. and so in the case of the new york 23 race, we saw the conservative voters had wanted nothing to do with the liberal republicans who have been put on t
she's one of the most polarizing figures in america. she has razor edge close to winning the democratic nomination and now she's one of the four popular figures in the obama cabinet. and of course, look at ronald reagan whose political career had been declared dead many times before he won the republican nomination in 1980 and then presidency. >> host: we found this piece in "the new york times" and elsewhere about charlie crist. surefire for the republican becomes a right-wing...
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i want to make america better! i want to make america better! i want peace in the world! i want to make america better! i want to make america better! [applause] [applause] >> can i ask all of the members of the congressional black caucus to come forward in a special tribute to reverend jackson? with the like to make this presentation before he speaks. -- we would like to make this presentation before he speaks. reverend jackson, so many of us here in congress are part of that and still are part of a coalition. he paved the way for some many of us to be where we are and who we are as members of congress. we just say thank you today. " we encourage you to fight the good fight and keep hope alive. you certainly have kept us inspired by your life's work. on behalf of the congressional black caucus, we would like to present to you a small token of appreciation from the 42 members of the congressional black caucus. we like to thank you for persevering so many years. 25 years. thank you and god bless you. >> that my exit but -- let me express my thank
i want to make america better! i want to make america better! i want peace in the world! i want to make america better! i want to make america better! [applause] [applause] >> can i ask all of the members of the congressional black caucus to come forward in a special tribute to reverend jackson? with the like to make this presentation before he speaks. -- we would like to make this presentation before he speaks. reverend jackson, so many of us here in congress are part of that and still...
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, in our 21st century america, mr. president, we should be able to get the care that you need. but for too many american families -- perhaps your family, as you watch this tonight from your homes -- health care has become your most basic fear. you don't have health insurance, you go to bed every single night knowing that if you wake up sick, your child does, you might not be able to see that doctor or afford one, if you can even find one. even if you have health insurance, you're paying more and more in premiums and gedsing less and less coverage -- and getting less and less coverage for your money. millions of you are seeing your premiums skyrocket and yet you lie awake at night -- millions do, mr. president -- wondering, what if i lose my job? what if i get saingdz find out my -- what if i get sick and find out that my policy doesn't cover me? or what if you run out of benefits and have to pay out of your pocket? i wish i could say that these fears are irrational fears. bur they're not, mr. president. there's nothing
, in our 21st century america, mr. president, we should be able to get the care that you need. but for too many american families -- perhaps your family, as you watch this tonight from your homes -- health care has become your most basic fear. you don't have health insurance, you go to bed every single night knowing that if you wake up sick, your child does, you might not be able to see that doctor or afford one, if you can even find one. even if you have health insurance, you're paying more...